Zygaena corsica

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Zygaena corsica
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Zygaena corsica, Monti del Gennargentu, Sardinia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. corsica
Binomial name
Zygaena corsica
Boisduval, 1828

Zygaena corsica is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia. [1] Seitz describes as - A peculiar small Burnet with 5 almost equal-sized spots which are very round and glossy bright red, the ground-colour between them having in certain aspect a somewhat brassy lustre. — In May and June in Sardinia and Corsica. — Larva light grey-blue, at the side a dark hue, and on the back a white one, along which there are black spots; in May on Santolina nicana. Cocoon light brown. The moths in June and July, on sunny slopes, especially frequent at higher altitudes. [2]

The larvae feed on Santolina insularis and Plagius flosculosum . [3]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf
  3. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa